FW: SRU 2.0 Draft Feedback: SRU Preferred QNames

["Hammond, Tony" <t.hammond@nature.com>]

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> From: <Hammond>, Tony <t.hammond@nature.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:16:57 +0100
> To: <search-ws-comment@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Conversation: SRU 2.0 Draft Feedback: SRU Preferred QNames
> Subject: SRU 2.0 Draft Feedback: SRU Preferred QNames
> 
> Hi:
> 
> Forgot to add this point. There should be some mention (well, perhaps more
> than that) in the document about preferred SRU XML QNames for various
> namespaces:
> 
>     * SRU response
>     * Diagnostics
>     * Facets
>     * Search Result Analysis
>     * etc.
> 
> Preferably there should be one single section and/or table listing out
> namespace URIs and preferred XML QNames.
> 
> Having a preferred or "known" XML QName makes it easier on implementers,
> rather than working with application generated placeholders.
> 
> Also a mistake not to offer guidance, e.g. the facet example is using a
> defaulted namespace but this fragment would typically be embedded within a
> response which may itself be defaulted.
> 
> Less ambiguity all round if clear instructions on QNames are provided and
> recommendation to use them. This also becomes important as one consider
> alternate serializations.
> 
> Also is there anything to be said re "srw" and "sru"? Version 1.* is using
> "srw", I think, whereas some newer docs (e.g. the ATOM example) are using
> "sru". There should be guidance. And maybe some historical note about naming?
> 
> As a precedent on XML Qname changing note that Adobe intially used "xap" (and
> xap*") in their XMP architecture but now explicitly prefer "xmp" (and "xmp*")
> in their spec. (Still, some of their own tools persist in using the "xap*"
> forms.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> 

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